The Draper Foundation Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, recently awarded area nonprofits $566,225. The Fund awarded $455,625 to 19 designated nonprofits and $110,600 in donor-advised grants to nonprofits that provide essential programs and services for residents of...

Today the National Merit Scholarship Program released the names of those students who have earned the distinction of National Merit Semifinalist. Northwest Catholic's Katharine Jessen is among this elite. Over 1.6 million students in more than 22,000 high schools across the country entered the...

Note:Officials have now closed off public access to the bridge since the column came out. But visitors can still hike along abandoned Route 8 and see the bridge. The old iron bridge spanning the lost banks of the Farmington River seems to call out to visitors approaching along a dusty forgotten...

HARTFORD, CONN. - Forty-eight students from across the state have been selected as winners of the 2016 CHET Dream Big! Competition, which asks students to share their dreams about life after college through drawings and essays. The Competition received more than 3,700 entries. Aspiring doctors,...

Northwest, CT- The Draper Foundation Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut recently awarded area nonprofits $521,225. The Fund awarded $455,625 to 19 designated nonprofits and $65,600 in donor-advised grants to nonprofits that provide essential programs and services...

If it takes two turbines to have a farm, Connecticut has finally joined the rest of the northeast and most of the country — barely — with its first commercial wind farm, capping a long controversy in Colebrook. The twin General Electric turbines just off Route 44 in this bucolic northwest Connecticut...

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Casey DeLorenzo

Op-ed writer Casey DeLorenzo was born with a hole in her heart and her left and right great arteries switched.

Op-ed writer Casey DeLorenzo was born with a hole in her heart and her left and right great arteries switched.

Twenty-three years ago I was born at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Leading up to my birth, my parents made regular doctor visits. Each time, nurses exclaimed how everything from my head to my tiny toes was going to be perfect. And everything was perfect until my mom's final checkup, the last one before...

A bill that would give the U.S. State Department the ability to revoke visas to travelers from countries that refuse to take back convicted criminals should become law. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., should effectively dissuade other countries from exporting their violent...

One by one, they're leaving death row — Steven Hayes on June 14, Russell Peeler Jr. on June 30, Joshua Komisarjevsky this past week. Though these demons no longer face execution, they'll face something worse: life behind bars. Three of the state's most notorious killers, vicious and heartless men...

I particularly notice certain behaviors While doing my customers some favors. Please don't ask for five different condiments, one at a time, And expect them all to arrive at the drop of a dime. Please stop thinking that "the customer is always right" When you ask for a Coke and get it and then...

Here's some good news: They can't both win. On the night of Nov. 8, one of the two lying, greedy New Yorkers running for president will begin to recede from the national stage. The short-term goal of the millions of us is to find suitable diversions from a dark age as it descends on a baffled nation....

There comes a time when you have to stand up for what you believe in. For Connecticut's Republican leaders, that time is now. Do they agree with Donald J. Trump's attack on the parents of a slain Muslim-American soldier? Or do they repudiate it? Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano has strongly condemned...

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Police have arrested nine of the juveniles who they say ransacked a gas station convenience store last month. As of 11:15 a.m. Friday, officers referred nine of the minors to juvenile court, Deputy Chief Brian Foley said. Many more referrals are expected, he said, because more than 25 of the minors...

First Night Hartford 2017, the city's annual downtown New Year's Eve bash that lasts most of the day and night, suffered a financial setback this year, but the show will go on, with the usual two firework shows and even adding some new attractions to the traditional lineup.

Bobby Valentine bookended his memorable tenure as manager of the New York Mets with two separate stints in the same role for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japanese Pacific League. Valentine, 66, of Stamford, immersed himself in the culture, learned the language and even enjoyed a level of success...

Ohio pianist James Weidman and his Apertuistic Trio open the 14th season of the Baby Grand Jazz Series on Jan. 8 at 3 p.m., according to a press release. Through April 30, the Hartford Public Library will again host its free jazz concerts at its Downtown Branch every Sunday at 3 p.m. (no concert...

Connecticut will receive more than $300,000 as part of a multistate settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb over allegations the drug-maker improperly marketed antipsychotic drug Abilify, the state announced Thursday. It's part of a $19.5 million deal with 42 states and Washington, D.C., according...

Wesleyan University students have produced geographical data that city officials say can be used for a nearly infinite number of future projects on topics such as assessments, the environment and public safety. On Thursday, five groups of undergraduate students and one graduate student made presentations...

As a seasoned director, Faithlyn Johnson says she often "messes with other people's work." Changing a song or two, tweaking a line. Her latest twist to a stage production — this time, the Broadway staple "Annie" — is more extensive in scope. And purpose, according to Johnson. Act-Up Theater, Johnson's...

Connecticut policymakers are scrambling to develop a new energy strategy now that decisions in Massachusetts and New Hampshire have stalled multibillion-dollar pipeline projects to bring more natural gas to New England. The long-range consequences of taking the wrong path now could lead to millions...